Robert J. Boardingham Memorial Lecture

Between 1912 and 1951, Dr. Albert C. Barnes assembled one of the world’s most important holdings of post-Impressionist and early modern paintings. In his remarkable pursuit, Barnes acquired 46 paintings and works on paper by Pablo Picasso. Barnes primarily collected works created before 1090, with just a handful of Cubist works. The Barnes Foundation holdings and the collector’s writings suggest that Albert Barnes remained skeptical of later stylistic developments such as Cubism but tonight we take a closer look. Did Barnes really eschew Cubism?